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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

This tiny plant found to have world’s largest known genome

Pol Fernandez

A fern plant has broken the record for the largest amount of genetic material stored in the nucleus of any living organism on the planet.

Researchers, including those from the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, found that the New Caledonian fork fern species contains over 50 times more DNA than humans and has dethroned the Japanese flowering plant species Paris japonica, which has held this record since 2010.

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